sine ~aerate rain trould be beneficial y ;lslt in our streets is becoming bqa l to Mr. Jed D. Smith for late nc prs.ere the attention of parties interested cas to the Assessor's notice in an- to 1 .xn Jones B. C~fleld of this parish tit t as an open cotton boll contain- ha jlocks. Who'can beat itt of . belles and beaux of Tunica seem liti qgpjoyilg themselves as will be seen Be (-rence to our correspondence from thI dS nt. nif Eaoeunts from the country indicate be Sby the first of next month cotton Dr will be in full blast all over the W ret 1.e* i6 the time for those who intend -mg public gins to let the people ,wit and the SENTINEL is the medium ho the dissemination or suoh informa- ha Although the temperature has mnod- i ~conalerablY compared to what it hr daring the past few weeks, it is still y Hrm. The nights are materially iu Sr. th ,~m. Young offers $15 reward for the arto hin, on the Boone place in this tel , of a stolen mule, or such informa- Oe aas will lead to its reco...

AN EXTRAORDINARY SEASON. Even the dullest newspaper readers must have observed something extraordinary in the~n!moephere and other phe no lena of this season. It has ie-tintMarked by numerous des tI tive storms, and by an ,iunusual number of disastrous conflagrations. Both series began very early in the sea son. There were forest fires in-the east, north and north west within a very short time after the evaporation of the last moisture from the melted snows of the winter months; and hurricanes began to set in as early as the third week in April. We printed a list , of these last Saturday. and by t that our readers were advised r of the great number of them , for so early a period of spring n and summer, and also of their t very destructive character. Since then there has been an other and the most furious and c extensive of all, ranging and , raging over a stretch of coun- s try from the Missouri river to r the upper Ohio--some of the g outflanking gusts reaching ev- c en to our own...

SELICNA. SENTNEL.1 OL. 2. ST. F'RANC1SVILLE LA., AUGUST 25, 1877. NO.9 ,CROSS, I Toby so. A. CROSS, D IARDEE, h@orUe@ at Law, Clinton. Louisiana. - J. KERNAN, Y & COUNSELOR AT LAW, Clanton, Louisiana. in the Courts of East and ALIIOUN FLUKER, Attorney at Law, Clinton, Louisiana. tice in the Courts of the 5th S istrict. Aug.2'76.-ly ,jt PO IELL,. Atli.nce at Law, !t ranciaville, Lottiaiana. practice in the Parishes of West Feliciana. and Pointe Connee. G J. WEDGE, ATTORNEY AT LAiW, Clinton, Louisiana, to pactice in the courts of East and llelna and the Supreme Court of te. febl7-ly. I. LEAKE, Atoarney at Law, D St. Francisville. Louisiana. praptice in the Parishes of West t Fcliciana, and Pointe Coupee. 8. JONES, TTORNEY AT LAVW, F Cliuton, Louisiana. on the North side of the public tc june 28, '76.-ly. - WICKLIFFE. C. L. FISHER C ICKLIFFE & FISHER, Attermeys at Law, oft St. Francisville, La. his practice in the Courts of West t Feliciana, Pointe Couj,ee and D, g Parishes. ju...

rii a t tantin ° 4 _W, I...O....P 8. •~rs~ S. 1p giaAV n EST FrLI.IANA. OE & . L. B RT.....PEoiE3oR Y a . Ao rEN..--.-------....Editor. It f ' - - ------ il . A...R........ Publisher. tE - ..Fortune is the rod of the ri week and the staff of the brave. al Wi-.Death is a friend of ours, and be that is not ready to enter tarinlhim is not at home. a U-A jest's prosperity- lies in the ear of him that heavr it, never in the tounge of him that makes it. t s,-F;kPriendship is the medicine. .fpr.ail. misfortunes; but ingratitude oý dries up the fountain of all good. I ~Pse. e " BW One of the first pennies Is- u sued by 'or government bore the u inscription, "Mind your own busi- i esm." Very cent-sible advice: ii U1M.Judges ought to be more v learned than *itty, more reverent I ,than plausible, and more advised t than confident. Above all things integrity is their portion and prop- t er virtue. e IMt.One of the fashions in gen tlemen's coats at the watering p*laces is for the sleeves to ...

p-sW AUUbrt alsh., 1o597. Timewill prove naught but r hyrheart is sore afflicted. The pee is deceived and wrongs me. departure justified such uns bese lines may meet your eye, grief, relieve suspense. In you isot. Be true, dipcreot. Time os and prove my integrity. If nately meets your observation hrogh the same medium. God . Believe. NNOT. .. xYExxOT. se what a noise the young lsdaaadFy morning last gave us a inkling of fall weather. le Conidl of Bayou Sara meets on Seveni'g lnxt 1st. ptox. otethe change in address indicated g.aaiman's card in this issue. 't fail to visit Rearick's photo tent, on Principal st., Bayou Sara. Mr. Edward Thompson's adver at of building paper and the home sbellets ution Firemen! Members of Ba Hrs Fire Co.. No. 1, will find a spe etiise in another column. i is the place for physical relax ind recreation and the Montross is the place to stop at. rTe average boy has laid aside his fld quiver and tfundles his hoop aUrly morn to dewy eve." T. G. Stuttz conte...

S*Ftltciara tiat ial. I I BRUTAL RUFFIANISM. 'a DAUieUTR or A CANADIAN Snamarr A c'mcars ai A B.jncra Svron- Es UsMANLY CONDUCT, .AND Tea UNWoMANLY BRUTALI Tv or ma DAuoaGTiR. Gselph [Casad.] Mercsry. On Wednesday evening, July 25th, Mins Carr, a niece of Sheriff Gow, receiv ed a letter, dated Thorold, purporting to have been written by her father, in which it stated that he had occasion to visit Guelph on buainems for two or three days and thathe would be very much pleased to have an Interview with her at Well's bridge, on the Edinburg road, on the I Thursday evening following. The letter | '-.. - --"--& ,,tab onddbe in itin g watn a also stated thab .. -- . . . for her at the brid&e; st` &t-AtfF- l father ras not in it she could get in and I be driven to him. This appeared all I reasonable enough. At half-past six o'colock on Thursday she left Mr. M'Gre- I goe'stere sad proceeded, although not directly, to Well's bridge. After wait ing there a laert time a cab was dri...

' ii. n jna cotiure. 5OOLLEO1NDS L wTHERCOUBTS. A SBir ro IDrvoacU AGAINSr A TaurA Vrn Eaerzers worn Arzazows A.UaIr WitY Gatr. Bianus AND Opsuns. ·W r, r Aug. 8.--Gen.  husght into unpleas ayh here, in connec tlcP iitha divorce case. John Q- Thompson, . an Indiana s no r man, brings suit lbr 4'Of against his wife, wb  -3een employed iu the Treasury Department here, charging, among other things, that she has at divers ntimes and in sundry places committed adultry with Gen. N. P. Banks and others, specis fiig several occassiound rg alsodbarges that Banks ob tained for her a position in the Treasury Department, and that while there she lived as his mistress. Mrs. Thompson had previously brought suit against her husband for di. vorce, alleging that he hasfail ed to provide for her support for the last five years, and has been unfaithful to his marriage vows. This suit came on dur ing.the special term of the Supreme Court, sitting with equity jurisdiction for the month of July las...

A D*rOCRATIO PAUER1 Omm&J@* A& orROU SBae. S.r iVEzRY SATURDAY. ; ~TLa BRRT... PROPRIETOR J7Vo.D . a 771rasfp .....:. wear. ,.U. s* a ...... F ....... Pfusler. "~!leSvle_ Sep.. ,. 'TT TUmIA,.Ia., Sept. 1, 1877. Bapron S8u inuL. It was a grand eception that was tendered to Mr. Ovide Bell of the famous steamer R. E. Lee, on Wednesday evening last upon the oeoasdon of his coming among aus for the purpose of spending a short time with his friends of the neigh borhood and wirth whom be is so greet a favrite. The Violet Club and band aocompanied by twenty five ladies and gentlemen met him at the landing of the old veteran, our.revered and rdspected friend Capt. Deloach. As the ".Monarch" of the water touched the bank the band struck up "Home Sweet Homen.and after the cordial greet. inU that welcomed him was accom. plished, the Club and guests formed in line and marched to the store of Capt D)eloach where they partook of some excellent pw4kA that had been prepared by our black-ey...

in g of the Police r in another column. Dumb Witness,' by Illlbe found on first page. 'o- is called to the list drawn for t:e first and wek respectively, of the term of the 7th District oine who is desirous of aseplendid Sewing Ma rt cheap" will do well to this office immediately. tr tepheas-las execu, i bond signed by the gen ho were parties to tie oth rlargeramoants each. We to know what kind of Key will make this time. the fourth page of this i sde lp ,itdresting communica r. R.I. Rylrnd to the S vu.e on the subject of siana University and Ag and Mechanical College. t everlasting bridge near ,'ieodrick's on Principal asra I flow often have Iattention to it before it _o_ order as to insure -Au accident will some it before the city fathers, light, if our friendly are not heeded. This ~4 paragraph on the sub-. idsy.toe stores and places of our Jewish fellow 'jill remain closed, this e celebration of Rosh hae% the Jewish New Year, tinues up to to-morrow, sight. On Monday, 17th hilo...

WHAT SORT OF SCHOOL OUGOT TIE LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COL LEU TO B t To the Editor of the Picayune: Before entering upon any un dertaking, it is of the first impor tange that we have clear and dis tineo ideas of what the undertak% lans is, and the means and appli. snosd at hand to attain the end in view. In seeking to apply thb~ trite proposition to the organization of the above mentioned institution, I do not propose to write an exhaus tive essay on the subject, but only to give my ideas, hoping there~yj to provoke others, and especially the planters and farmers of the State, to give theirs, in order that the Board of Supervisors may know the sentiments of the people, and have something to guide them in their difficult task. I know there are those who t wish to regard the new institution t as simply a continnation of the t Louisiana State University; and the Agricultural and Mechanical as a branch of that institution. h This is pardonable, prehaps, in ...